Small Hall Makerspace Proposal

The Small Hall Makerspace allows members of the campus community to learn, create, explore, and collaborate on DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. Makerspaces can be viewed as open community labs incorporating elements of machine shops, workshops and/or studios where makers can come together to share resources and knowledge to build things.

The Small Hall Makerspace has been set up with seed equipment, including various hand and power tools, electronics components and soldering stations, Arduino kits, Raspberry Pi kits, Leap Motion controllers, Pebble watches, Oculus Rift virtual reality head-sets, an iSense 3D scanner, a Parrot drone, an Ultimaker2 3D printer, a Shapeoko2 CNC router, and a Full Spectrum 45W paper/acrylic/wood laser cutter. A printed circuit board etching station is currently in development.

Below the Small Hall Makerspace is the Small Hall student machine shop with lathes, milling machines and bandsaws for all your metal-working needs.

The Small Hall Makerspace is seeking proposals for student-led projects for the Small Hall Makerspace to expand this base with dedicated equipment to support specific projects.

*What is the title of your proposal?

*Who are the principal investigators of this proposal (major in parentheses)?

Each project proposal must include at least one single principal investigator who will be a full-time student for the full duration of the project, and can include multiple other co-investigators. Indicate the major of each investigator in parentheses, like this: Jane Doe (physics, math), John Doe (art history).

*Select the funding category for this proposal depending on the number and majors of the authors.

Single person proposals have an upper limit of $250.

Multiple person proposals with students who all have a major in common have an upper limit of $500.

Multiple person proposals where students are from different majors have an upper limit of $750.

*Total budget request.

*Have any of the investigators been on a previous Small Hall Makerspace proposal before? Discuss the outcomes of previous support, including a link to the publicly available final report on the Small Hall Makerspace blog or website.

Successful proposals will be expected to provide periodic progress reports on the makerspace blog, to submit half-yearly progress reports, and to submit a final report by the scheduled completion date.

Future (different) project funding is contingent on the reports and results of the final "exam" being posted on the Small Hall Makerspace website, and approved by the User Board.

What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon.

4500 characters maximum

How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice?

4500 characters maximum

What is new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful?